Robyn Archer
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Robyn Archer AO CdOAL is an Australian singer, writer, stage and theatre director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts, mainly in Australia but also internationally.
Her stage successes include her own shows,A Star is Torn and Tonight Lola Blau, but she is also known as one of the world's foremost exponents of German cabaret songs notably songs by Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Hanns Eisler and the era of the Weimar Republic.
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[edit] Work
Archer is a prolific performance talent in Australia. A selection of her work includes:
- theatre actor, concert performer and recording artist (1974-present)
- playwright, author, songwriter
- theatre director, Artistic Director (Melbourne International Arts Festival - current, and Adelaide Festival - 1998/2000)
[edit] Current positions held
- Member, Australian International Cultural Council
- Member of the Board of Directors, International Society of Performing Arts
- Member of Council, Victorian College of the Arts
- Inaugural Ambassador, Adelaide Festival Centre
- Trustee, The Don Dunstan Foundation
- Patron, The National Script Centre
- Official Ambassador, the Adelaide Crows
- RMIT Global Sustainability Leader
[edit] Formerly
- Artistic Director, Melbourne International Arts Festival (2002-2004)
- Advisor to the Artistic Program of 10 Days on the Island (Tasmania)(2001-2005)
- Artistic Director, Adelaide Festival (1998 and 2000)
- Artistic Advisor, Australia Day, Hannover EXPO 2000
- Artistic Director, National Festival of Australian Theatre (1993-95) in Canberra
- Chair, Community Cultural Development Board, Australia Council (1993-5)
- Commonwealth Appointee to the Centenary of Federation Advisory Committee (1994)
- Artistic Counsel, Belvoir Street Theatre (1986)
- Patron, National Affiliation of Arts Educators
- Member of the Board, Helpmann Academy
[edit] Education
Archer has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours English) and Diploma of Education from Adelaide University.
[edit] Honours
- Doctor of Letters (University of Sydney)
- Doctor of the University (Flinders University)
- Officer of the Order of Australia (Australia) - 2000
- Chevalier du l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France) - 2001
Artictic:
- The Sydney Critics' Circle Award (1980)
- The Henry Lawson Award (1980)
- ARIA Awards (Best Soundtrack - Pack of Women 1986; Best Children's Album - Mrs Bottle 1989)
- Australian Creative Fellowship(1991-93)
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| Preceded by Barrie Kosky | Director of the Adelaide Festival of Arts 1998–2000 | Succeeded by Peter Sellars |
